Some people have serious problems with clutter. They have a mental disorder called compulsive hoarding syndrome. Compulsive hoarding syndrome affects an estimated one million people in the United States.

Compulsive hoarding is commonly connected to obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. This disorder causes people to have ideas that interfere with their daily activities. Such persons act on these ideas, even when they know the resulting actions are not reasonable.

Fear of being dirty may cause persons with OCD to wash their hands again and again. They may inspect things repeatedly, like making sure all electrical devices are turned off.

clutter? ? ? ? 一堆雜物?

mental disorder? ? ? 心理紊亂/心理疾病?

compulsive hoarding syndrome? ? 強迫性積物綜合癥

compulsive? ? ?急切的，不可控制的（想法），被驅動著的

hoard? ? ? ? ? 積攢/收集

syndrome? ? 綜合癥

obsessive? ? ?上癮的，對...著迷的? ? She became obsessive about art.?

OCD = obsessive compulsive disorder? ?強迫癥

disorder? ? ? ?紊亂?

interfere with? ? ? 干擾/干預

reasonable? ? ? 有道理的/合理的

repeatedly? ? ? ?重復地